Sharmila Tagore Quotes

I'm glad I did South films because I feel they have moulded me. They are really loud and are in a different language, so it's not easy.

Maayanadhi' was a film I enjoyed working in.

I never enjoyed working in a film.

Really top-notch directors, I've often worked with them just to see how they work.

I did my first movie, 'The Mambo Kings,' in America without speaking the language. I learned the lines phonetically. I had an interpreter actually just to understand directions from my director.

I must say, to my great surprise and pleasure, I deeply loved making movies in the United States because of all the opportunities it gave me to work with people that I admire as artists.

I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director.

I don't think I can speak of the achievements of Indian cinema because it's so large next to me. It's not stopping. It's ever-growing. We are going towards the right direction. We are evolving as a filmmaking industry as actors, directors, producers, singers, musicians. Everybody just pushing the boundaries.

I love being on set, because I've basically grown up on a set. And now I love to contribute as a director and help steer the ship, if you will.

I never wanted to be a director. I came into this industry by the little door, so I never learned anything; I never went to school. Actors will tell you I'm very precise. I just have the intuition of doing things.

Obviously, I've made several films in Korea, so I'm very well accustomed and acclimated to Korean filmmaking.

I have grown up watching Bollywood movies, and I would love to act in them.

If I have to pretend to be anything else than French, then I know it's work for me. It's not that it scares me, but it's work. I cannot just pop up on the set and say 'Okay, today I'm Italian!'

I've played American characters before, so I've naturally become more at ease. Still, there are some American words that I cannot get my tongue around, but if you keep it flowing, you are never too far away from the truth.

When I moved to Bombay, it was very harsh. I was nothing like what I am today. I couldn't speak a word of English. In England, people might be very understanding about that, but in Bombay, they're not very forgiving. 'If you don't speak English, how do you expect to work in Hindi films?'

I definitely want to work in Hindi films.

Modeling and my films in the South helped groom me for Bollywood and I had the confidence it required.

I cannot imagine of making a film without Boman Irani.

I have always admired Meghna Gulzar's work, and getting to work with her and the Dharma Productions is like a dream come true.

But I'm very keen to work with directors such as Imtiaz Ali, Zoya Akhtar, Farhan Akhtar, Vishal Bhardwaj, Abhishek Chaubey, Anurag Kashyap and Abhishek Kapoor.

In India, thousands of people want to be in the movies because Bollywood plays such a huge role in our lives.

Pooja Bhatt is a very good director.

Every aspect of filmmaking has lured me. Although I'm an actor now, one day, I'd like to direct a film. It's not as though I'm all set to take the plunge; I cherish this dream of calling the shots, but only after I groom myself with the right kind of preparation and the technical know-how.

There are so many great directors and actors, like Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Rakeysh Ompraskash Mehra, Vishal Bhardwaj, Anurag Basu - the list is very long. I hope at some point I get to work with them.

I am an actor and I don't have any language barrier. If I get a Tamil film, I will learn the language. It's not a problem.